Earlier today , Marvel unveiled its“remastered ” editionof the 1977 amusing adaptation of Star Wars . Many were dysphoric to see the prowess of Howard Chaykin redone with a advanced comic ’s color pallette , including writerJohn Gholson , whotook to Twitterto show how much a mirthful loses when it ’s recolored .
The jab of Gholson ’s primary argumentation is that , no matter how full a remastering of these classic comics can be , giving them the look of a New laughable Good Book , any recoloring process , especially one that takes place without the guidance of the original color artist , is brush off the original work . Here are a few examples that Gholson used , swan from re - coloured works he enjoyed ( Marvel ’s Thor Omnibus by Walt Simonson ) to one he did n’t ( Brian Bolland’srecolouring of The Killing Joke ):
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Although the “ remastering ” process gives these comics a modern feeling , it removes part of their original context , and in some cases , can modify specific artistic decision that are significant to the message of the fib .
bump off the garish colour of The Killing Joke , especially , changes the flavour of the book itself , even if muting the colouring bring in it in pipeline with what you would see in a modern Bat - Family ledger . Another important point is that sometimes these remasters are done without the counsel or blessing of the original colorist , without acknowledgment of their original work , or even any apology for having their work changed by someone else . So it becomes a casing of not justremoving the original context , the original artistic decision made — but also pass over over an original creative person ’s composition of piece of work , sometimes without their behest .
Gholson perhaps frame it best , though . A colourist ’s work might be seen as disposable or similar compared to a author or a penciller , but that viewpoint is a great disrepect :
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Sometimes things should be probably be well left alone .
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